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	Fainting Goats

sahara

11-2-2009 9:46 PM

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sahara says:

Reminds me of that new movie, "Men who stare at goats".

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11-5-2009 2:23 AM

chestnut501

Goats are just plain strange. Check this one out.

http://www.odditycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/tree_goats1.jpg

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